Intern – e-FAST

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About the Organization

WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.

Job Description

WRI India is seeking an intern for the Sustainable Cities and Transport Program to support our work on decarbonizing freight. The intern will support the team in the e-FAST (Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport) India initiative. The objective of this project is to advance the uptake of electric medium and heavy-duty trucks (e-MHDTs) through collaborations between ecosystem stakeholders for pilots. 

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to outreach efforts for the platform by communicating with the members of the initiative for events, discussions, and onboarding.
• Undertaking secondary research on the landscape of freight movement, map e-MHDT pilots across India, and industry updates.
• Developing data collection instruments like surveys. Ability to identify and pull-out alternate data sets. Executing data collection instruments on ground.
• Participate in interactions with industry partners and other stakeholders and mapping individual priorities.
• Analyze different data sets and generate actionable insights.
• Contribute in preparation of different types of collateral like reports, slide decks, blogs etc.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Master's degree in Transport planning, transport engineering, urban planning, Public Policy or Mass Communication
• Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative research
• Proficiency in MS Office is a must.
• Ability to generate high-quality research. Good writing skills is essential.
• Prior work or understanding of freight or electric mobility is preferable.
• Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner, think creatively, work efficiently under high pressure.

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